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Cleary tells recruits outright that they don't consider grades for making offers. I'm not sure about the others but I know they at least ask for grades. Judging by the close to 100% offer rates at these firms it's hard to believe they consider grades that much.

ZXCVBNM wrote:Cleary tells recruits outright that they don't consider grades for making offers. I'm not sure about the others but I know they at least ask for grades. Judging by the close to 100% offer rates at these firms it's hard to believe they consider grades that much.

OTOH, doesn't seem that likely that top 5% types will suddenly lose their edge in 2L.

I've spoken a number of people that have fallen from top of the class to top quarter or third and still received offers. I guess all of this is speculative but I don't think there is a lot to worry about.

d34dluk3 wrote:OTOH, doesn't seem that likely that top 5% types will suddenly lose their edge in 2L.

Yeah, in my experience, they really don't. The people who were at the top of my class at the start of 2L were mostly there at the end of 3L, at least as far as I could tell. The lone exception might be the person who becomes EIC of the LR, and thus loses his/her life and study time in the process.

But there are also a lot of top 10%, top 25%, etc. folks at V10s. They might even outnumber the top 5% people at some V10s.

d34dluk3 wrote:OTOH, doesn't seem that likely that top 5% types will suddenly lose their edge in 2L.

Yeah, in my experience, they really don't. The people who were at the top of my class at the start of 2L were mostly there at the end of 3L, at least as far as I could tell. The lone exception might be the person who becomes EIC of the LR, and thus loses his/her life and study time in the process.

But there are also a lot of top 10%, top 25%, etc. folks at V10s. They might even outnumber the top 5% people at some V10s.

If you think about it, the top-25% people necessarily outnumber the top-5% people at ANY firm...